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Micah 5:9
Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord addresses Israel concerning the coming day of divine intervention. The declaration immediately follows a prophecy about the remnant of Jacob acting with unstoppable force among the nations.
The words — תָּרֹם (ta.Rom) means may it be lifted up, and יִכָּרֵתוּ (yi.ka.Re.tu) means may they be cut off. These verbs establish the verse’s literal sequence: God’s hand rises, then the enemies are destroyed.
The thread — The motif of God’s raised hand executing judgment against enemies runs through Psalms 21:8, Isaiah 26:11, and Psalms 10:12. Each reference ties the physical image of a lifted hand to God’s active intervention on behalf of His people.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment is definitive and operates independently of human defense. It demands a posture of sober trust that God’s declared action, not earthly power, determines the final outcome.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Cross-references
- Psalms 21:8 Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
- Isaiah 26:11 O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Psalms 10:12 Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
- Isaiah 11:14 They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
- Isaiah 14:2 The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
- Isaiah 1:25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
- Isaiah 33:10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
- Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
- Luke 19:27 And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- 1 Corinthians 15:25 For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.